Dust bathing among birds and mammals is done to deter parasites, regulate body heat, and remove excess skin debris and oils.

Appropriately for us in the Delaware Valley right now, Henion begins with fireflies, but not just any fireflies. She takes us ...

On the night of July 15, a striking conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will unfold in the eastern sky, offering ...

For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter—an invisible substance believed to make ...

Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

Astrotourism is coming to Canada, thanks to an ambitious plan for a chain of six dark-sky sites along 100 miles of the ...

When we disrupt the natural cycle of light and dark, wildlife can suffer. Migratory birds are thrown off course. Nocturnal ...

Finding nocturnal adventures in Massachusetts can be tricky, but like the moon and the stars, they are out there.

The July 2025 full 'Buck Moon' will give stargazers an opportunity to appreciate several distinct quirks of orbital mechanics at work! For starters, it falls close to the summer solstice, a time of ...

July’s full moon — the first of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere — will reach peak illumination at 4:38 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, with best viewing during the predawn and again ...

Monarch Trail in Newport State Park is an easy hike with open sky views. Located in Door County, Wisconsin, this trail is in the state's only official Dark Sky Park.

Calls for calendar-based tourism strategy to avoid off season Srinagar: Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, on Tuesday termed the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which ...